Frame for pictures, &amp;c.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904.

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APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 14, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

JOHN JACOB SHERMAN, JR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,561, dated May 10,1904.

Application filed August 14, 1902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J ACOB SHERMAN, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Im provements in Frames forPictures, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to frames for pictures,looking-glasses, &c.; and my primary object is to provide a frame ofthis character having the qualities of eheapness, durability, andimproved appearance.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents a broken front view of a frame; Fig. 2, a brokenrear view of the same; Fig. 3, a broken sectional view parallel with theframe; Fig. 4, a broken sectional View taken as indicated at line iofFig. 1; Fig. 5, a View of a corner connection em ployed, the view beingtaken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, a broken rear Viewof a modification.

In the preferred construction I employ turned spiral side members A A,turned spiral end members B B, and turned corner members or spheres C,serving to join adjacent ends of adjacent side and end members. The sideand end members have reduced extremities or tenons a of circularcross-section originally, and the balls have intersecting bores b atright angles to each other and receiving the extensions (0, the latterbeing Initered so as to abut at a diagonal plane, as shown at Fig. 3.Assuming the parts to be assembled, the frame is channeled on its rearside by cutting away a quarter-section of the side and end members andan eighth-section of each corner-ball, thereby providing a recess D forreceiving the glass, picture, and picture-back. As thus described, thetenons are bound throughout three-quarters of their cylindrical surfacesby the walls of the sockets or bores I), there remaining of each ball atriangular projection c, which fits between the inner cylindricalsurfaces of the corresponding tenons. Moreover, at the base of eachtenon is a shoulder (Z, which abuts against the corner-ball, adja-Serial No. 119,648. (No model.)

cent to the socket. Thus, it will be understood, when the frame is puttogether, employing glue, if desired, a very firm connection results,and it is noteworthy also that the miter-line cannot be viewed from thefront of the frame, so that the appearance of the corner is improvedgreatly.

In Fig. 6 a modification is shown wherein the members A B have shorttenons extending into shallow sockets and abutting at their ends againstthe bottoms f of the sockets. The frame has the channel D,producingplane surfaces f f Where the ball is cut.

Various other modifications within the spirit of my invention exist.Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the foregoingdetailed description.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Aframe of the character described, com prising side and end membershaving projecting tenons, and corner members having sockets receivingsaid tenons, said frame having a channel at its rear side, for thepurpose set forth.

2. A frame of the character described, comprising side and end membershaving tenons, and corner members having sockets receiving said tenons,said frame being channeled and having sections of said corner memberscut away, said corner members having projections fitting betweenadjacent lateral surfaces of adjacent tenons, for the purpose set forth.

3. A frame of the character described, comprising turned side and endmembers having reduced extremities affording tenons, turned cornermembers having bores at right angles to each other and receiving saidtenons, said side and end members including tenons having aquarter-section cut away and said corner members having aneighth-section cut away, thereby affording a channel for receiving apicture, or the like, for the purpose set forth.

JOHN JACOB SHERMAN, JR.

In presence of A. Km'rLEsoN, L. HEIsLAR.

